So this has been.my favorite song of OTEP's since it came out in 2004, and I always thought it was a song about a child's narrative of suffering in an abusive Christian home. But now that I am revisiting the lyrics, I am seeing something totally new.
This song could be gospel of John but from the perspective of Jesus.
Jesus was NOT having a good time up to and during the crucifixion. Everyone in the known world at the time looked to him with fear, admiration or disgust and he was constantly being asked questions. He spoke in "verses, prophesies and curses". He had made an enemy of the state, and believed the world was increasingly wicked and fallen from grace, or that he was in the "mouth of madness".
The spine of atlas is the structure that allows the titan to hold the world up. Jesus challenged the state and in doing so became a celebrated resistance figure. It also made him public enemy #1.
All of this happened simply because he was doing his thing, not because of any agenda he had or strategy.
And then he gets scourged (storm of thorns)
There are some plot holes here but I think it's an interesting interpretation.
Not sick
Im so well
I am the son you want
Not week
Im so strong
I am the leader you want
Not cheap
Im reliable
I am the gun you want
I wont split
When things get tough
I am the friend that you want
Yeah
But it's so if we try
You'll never know
Till right before you die
Im rich
Im not poor
I am the dad you want
I'll act cool
In front of all your friends
I'll bring the drama you want
I read this small book that
Gave away the end before the end
But I still read it
Because I kinda like how it's so bad
Yeah,
It's true it's a lie
But you'll never know
Till right before you die
I felt a tear
Drunk, but it was
Just my time
When you're in jail
And you
Just the one
Think of you
That,
How fucked up is that?
How did Kansas become a city
It's a red state
It's a blue state
It's a muse state
I've seen creeps bigger than you
Stop stepping on my mat that goes
Ding dong, ding dong
When you walk in my store
Yeah, I hate the freak show
It's so bizzare
Everyone will eat ya
Charlie bit me
And you know that he'd kill a body
But I always think of you
When Im scared and Im alone
La-la-la-la-laaaa
Yeah,
And Im so fucking high
This is how I'll feel
Right before I die
Go ahead
Kill yourself
Go ahead
Blow your brains out
If you're going somewhere else
I heard you guys being drawn, hey
But I need a new chalk mate
But it isn't looking good
For the boys in the hood
{In the hood}X25(until fade out)
Im so well
I am the son you want
Not week
Im so strong
I am the leader you want
Not cheap
Im reliable
I am the gun you want
I wont split
When things get tough
I am the friend that you want
Yeah
But it's so if we try
You'll never know
Till right before you die
Im rich
Im not poor
I am the dad you want
I'll act cool
In front of all your friends
I'll bring the drama you want
I read this small book that
Gave away the end before the end
But I still read it
Because I kinda like how it's so bad
Yeah,
It's true it's a lie
But you'll never know
Till right before you die
I felt a tear
Drunk, but it was
Just my time
When you're in jail
And you
Just the one
Think of you
That,
How fucked up is that?
How did Kansas become a city
It's a red state
It's a blue state
It's a muse state
I've seen creeps bigger than you
Stop stepping on my mat that goes
Ding dong, ding dong
When you walk in my store
Yeah, I hate the freak show
It's so bizzare
Everyone will eat ya
Charlie bit me
And you know that he'd kill a body
But I always think of you
When Im scared and Im alone
La-la-la-la-laaaa
Yeah,
And Im so fucking high
This is how I'll feel
Right before I die
Go ahead
Kill yourself
Go ahead
Blow your brains out
If you're going somewhere else
I heard you guys being drawn, hey
But I need a new chalk mate
But it isn't looking good
For the boys in the hood
{In the hood}X25(until fade out)
Lyrics submitted by IndieLovee1994
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hey good job getting this up here but theres a few things i hear differently:
"yeah, but it's so WORTH a try"
"i READ this DUMB book, MAN"
"i felt a tear DROP"